5/10/2022: The Grand Roach List
Sometimes I get a little itch to crawl the bug room and catalogue all of my strains/species, and that feeling struck again the other day. About once a year it’s nice to have a rough metric for progress for the ever-growing collection, and I’m proud to report that things have come a very long way especially in just the last 2 years. Below is a comprehensive list of every strain, locality, project, and species of cockroach in culture at Roach Crossing. I’ve passed the big 200, let’s all hope 300 comes as swiftly and gracefully!
No X = Well-established, multiple generations/years
Aeluropoda insignis
Aglaopteryx gemma “Key Largo”
Anallacta methanoides
Ancaudellia hamifera X
Archimandrita tesselata
Arenivaga apacha “Cave Creek Canyon”
Arenivaga bolliana “Boerne, TX”
Arenivaga bolliana “Del Rio, TX”
Arenivaga cf. sequoia X
Arenivaga cf. tonkawa “San Angelo, TX”
Arenivaga floridensis “Lake Placid” X
Arenivaga floridensis “Ocala” X
Arenivaga floridensis “Tampa”
Arenivaga sp. “Amado, AZ, 1”
Arenivaga sp. “Amado, AZ, 2” X
Arenivaga sp. “Baboquivari, AZ” X
Arenivaga sp. “Bowlin’s Old West Trading Post, NM” X
Arenivaga sp. “California” X
Arenivaga sp. “Deming, NM” X
Arenivaga sp. “Monahans, TX”
Arenivaga sp. “Mt Ord, AZ”
Arenivaga sp. “Rodeo, NM”
Arenivaga sp. “Sahuarita, AZ” X
Arenivaga sp. “Socorro, TX” X
Arenivaga sp. “Texas Canyon, AZ”
Arenivaga sp. “Tucson, AZ” X
Arenivaga sp. “Florida Canyon, AZ” X
Arenivaga tonkawa “Near San Antonio, TX”
Balta notulata
Balta vilis X
Bantua robusta “Namibia”
Blaberus atropos “Florida”
Blaberus atropos “Shinigami” X
Blaberus boliviensis
Blaberus cf. peruvianus
Blaberus colosseus “Ecuador”
Blaberus colosseus “Panama”
Blaberus colosseus “Peru”
Blaberus craniifer “Euro”
Blaberus craniifer “Orin McMonigle”
Blaberus craniifer “University of California, Riverside”
Blaberus discoidalis “Banana Bay”
Blaberus discoidalis “Redlands”
Blaberus fusca
Blaberus giganteus
Blaberus giganteus “Trinidad”
Blaberus parabolicus “Columbia”
Blaberus sp. “Honduras”
Blaptica dubia
Blaptica dubia (UNNAMED golden strain)
Blatta orientalis
Blattella asahinai
Blattella germanica “Alexandria”
Blattella germanica “B2” X
Blattella germanica “Black” X
Blattella germanica “Chocolate”
Blattella germanica “Honey” X
Blattella germanica “V5101”
Blattella vaga “Dauphin Island” X
Byrsotria cabrerai
Byrsotria fumigata var. fumigata
Byrsotria fumigata var. pallida
Byrsotria rothi
Cariblatta lutea “Brooksville”
Cariblatta minima “Miami”
cf. Neostylopyga propinqua
Chorisoneura parishi
Compsodes schwarzi
Cryptocercus wrightii X
Deropeltis paulinoi X
Deropeltis sp. “Masai Mara”
Diploptera punctata
Dipteretrum hanstroemi
Dorylaea orini
Drymaplaneta semivitta X
Ectobiidae sp. “Malaysia” X
Ectobius pallidus
Elliptorhina chopardi
Elliptorhina davidi
Elliptorhina javanica
Elliptorhina javanica “Cherry” X
Elliptorhina laevigata
Epilampra maya
Epilamprinae sp. “Borneo”
Ergaula capucina
Ergaula pilosa
Eublaberus cf. biolleyi
Eublaberus distanti “Ivory”
Eublaberus posticus
Eublaberus posticus “Limon Province”
Eublaberus serranus
Eupolyphaga sinensis
Eurycotis decipiens
Eurycotis floridana “Big Torch Key”
Eurycotis floridana “Hidden Lake”
Eurycotis floridana “Gulf Shores, AL”
Eurycotis floridana “Key Largo”
Eurycotis floridana “League City, TX”
Eurycotis floridana “Silver Springs”
Eurycotis improcera
Eurycotis lixa
Euthlastoblatta diaphana
Euthlastoblatta sp. “Everglades”
Euthlastoblatta sp. “Ocala”
Gromphadorhina grandidieri
Gromphadorhina grandidieri “Black”
Gromphadorhina oblongonota
Gromphadorhina portentosa (unlabeled spot project) X
Gromphadorhina portentosa “Cleveland”
Gromphadorhina portentosa “Jack-O’-Lantern” X
Gromphadorhina portentosa “King” X
Gromphadorhina portentosa “Lilliputian” X
Gromphadorhina portentosa “LLE Mahogany”
Gromphadorhina portentosa “Masoala” X
Gromphadorhina portentosa “University of California, Riverside” X
Gromphadorhina sp. “Unknown” X
Gyna bisannulata
Gyna caffrorum
Gyna capucina
Gyna centurio
Gyna cf. sculpturata
Gyna lurida
Gyna lurida “Yellow”
Hemiblabera tenebricosa
Hemithyrsocera palliata
Hemithyrsocera vittata
Henschoutedenia flexivitta
Hormetica strumosa
Ischnoptera bilunata
Ischnoptera deropeltiformis “Auburn” X
Ischnoptera deropeltiformis “Briceville” X
Ischnoptera rufa “Costa Rica”
Ischnoptera sp. “Perry”
Lanxoblatta rudis X
Latiblattella rehni “Big Pine Key”
Loboptera decipiens
Lobopterella dimidiatipes
Lucihormetica grossei
Lucihormetica subcincta
Lucihormetica verrucosa
Macropanesthia rhinoceros
Nauphoeta cinerea
Nauphoeta cinerea “Giant”
Neoblattella detersa
Neostylopyga rhombifolia X
Nocticola sp. “Florida”
Nocticola sp. “Malaysia”
Opisthoplatia orientalis
Oxyhaloa deusta
Panchlora cf. nivea “Little Manatee”
Panchlora nivea “Tuscaloosa”
Panchlora sp. “Costa Rica, Yellow”
Panchlora sp. “Costa Rica”
Panchlora sp. “Giant”
Panchlora sp. “Guadelupe” X
Panchlora sp. “Hobby”
Panchlora sp. “Redlands”
Panchlora sp. “Speckled”
Panchlora sp. “White” X
Panesthia angustipennis cognata “Cambodia”
Panesthia angustipennis cognata “Laos”
Paranaupheta lyrata
Paranauphoeta formosana
Paraplecta cf. minutissima
Paratemnopteryx couloniana
Parcoblatta bolliana X
Parcoblatta caudelli “Torreya” X
Parcoblatta cf. americana “Table Rock” X
Parcoblatta cf. americana “Twain Harte”
Parcoblatta divisa X
Parcoblatta fulvescens
Parcoblatta lata “Tuskegee” X
Parcoblatta notha
Parcoblatta pennsylvanica “Tuscaloosa”
Parcoblatta virginica “Tuskegee” X
Parcoblatta zebra “Buhl”
Periplaneta americana
Periplaneta americana “Baldy Bear” X
Periplaneta americana “Black”
Periplaneta americana “Venom”
Periplaneta americana “Mile 0”
Periplaneta americana “White Eye”
Periplaneta australasiae
Periplaneta brunnea X
Periplaneta fuliginosa
Periplaneta japonica
Perisphaerus punctatus X
Perisphaerus pygmaeus X
Phoetalia pallida
Phortioeca sp. “Ecuador” X
Polyphaga aegyptiaca “Sinai”
Polyphaga saussurei
Princisia vanwaerebeki (purity disputed) X
Princisia vanwaerebeki “Androhamana” X
Pseudoglomeris magnifica “Cuc Phuong”
Pseudoglomeris tarsalis X
Pseudomops septentrionalis
Pseudophoraspis sp. “Kota Kinabalu” X
Pycnoscelus cf. surinamensis “Thailand”
Pycnoscelus cf. tenebrigera
Pycnoscelus femapterus
Pycnoscelus indicus
Pycnoscelus nigra
Pycnoscelus striatus
Pycnoscelus surinamensis
Pycnoscelus surinamensis “Dark”
Rhabdoblatta rustica
Rhyparobia cf. capelloi
Rhyparobia maderae
Salganea raggei X
Schultesia lampyridiformis
Shelfordella lateralis
Simandoa conserfariam
Supella longipalpa
Symploce incuriosa
Symploce morsei
Symploce pallens
Therea olegrandjeani
Therea petiveriana
Therea regularis